Wench Village Episode Three: Giants

Howdy Partners, This week, join Katie and Shelby as they take a look at their favorite beast yet: the giant! Known for their impressive size and violent reputation, giants were a common character in medieval storytelling. We’ll dig into the creatures history,...

History Happy Hour 10/10/20

Season 2 Episode 4, titled “Beans and Britain” is about two little stories from history. First, we dive into the story of beans across the world and how beans have always been a part of humanity since the dawn of agriculture. Second, we get into the...

History Happy Hour 10/3/20

This is the long awaited finale to the three part series all about the Spanish Flu. In this episode, we detail the third wave of the disease (and a possible fourth???) before discussing the impacts of this disease on the economy, medicine, technology, and society in...

History Happy Hour 9/26/20

The second episode of History Happy Hour, season two picks up right where the last one left off. The deadly Spanish Influenza spreads across the globe, killing in numbers never seen before or since. Join me as I give a deadly world tour, following this frightening...

Episode Two: Manticores

Greetings fellows! In this second episode of Wench Village, we dive into the murky legends surrounding the fearsome manticore. Tales of the manticore can be traced as far back as the 1st century, and its name derives from the Persian mantichora (thought to loosely...